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Historical Highway MarkersRichard BlandK-323
Richard Bland (1710-1776), statesman and son of Richard and Elizabeth Randolph Bland of Jordan's Point, represented Prince George County in the House of Burgesses from 1742 to 1776. Between the 1750s and 1774, Bland played a leading role through newspaper articles, public letters, and pamphlets in arguing for Virginia control of its internal political and economic affairs. He was a Virginia delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses and elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776. Bland died in Williamsburg on 26 Oct. 1776. He was buried in a nearby family cemetery at Jordan's Point.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Sources Consulted Include: Robert Detweiler, Richard Bland and the Origins of the Revolution in Virginia (Yorktown, Va.: Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission, 1981); John T. Kneebone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tarter, and Sandra Gioia Treadway, eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography (2 vols.; Richmond, Va., The Library of Virginia, 1998- ), 10-13; Cynthia Miller Leonard, compiler, The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619–January 11, 1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978); Richard Bland, Virginia Statesman and Champion of Public Rights, http://www.rbc.edu/library/SpecialCollections/Richard_Bland.htm, 23 December 2004. Bland Cemetery (074-5084) |